The Categorial Status of Body Part Prepositions in Valley Zapotec ...

tables are not intended to be an exhaustive list of the other types of prepositions, but
rather representative examples.
Table 6. Spanish Prepositions in SLQZ
meaning Spanish origin
a'xta' until (a time); from, since (a time); as far as,
to (a place)
hasta
cëhnn with con
co'nnr against contra
deh in the style of, like; (equipped) with; from de
dehsdeh to; since desde
pahr for; because of; as for; from para
pohr for; because of por
pu'ann on top of, on the highest point of punta
sihnng without sin
tráhsdeh in back of tras de
data from Munro 1998, p.c., Munro, Lopez, et al. 1999
Table 7. Native Non-Body Part Prepositions in SLQZ
càa'nta' along, by
gagyèe'i around
gahx: near, close to
gayààa' along the edge of, around
lài' through (a group); among; into the middle of
x:tèe'n of, about, for
data from Munro 1998, p.c., Munro, Lopez, et al. 1999
The native prepositions, including the BP prepositions discussed in this paper and the
prepositions in Table 7, take as their object either an overt nominal or a bound
pronominal clitic. In this way they differ from the prepositions which have been
borrowed from Spanish, like those in Table 6, which require either a free pronoun or an
overt nominal as their object (Munro, Lopez, et al. 1999, 24).
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